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Metrology
Greek architecture
Greek measures
Archeology
Ancient rulers

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DUARTE, Claudio Walter Gomez. Greek metrology: a current critical balance assessment of units of measurement in antiquity . Revista Arqueologia Pública, Campinas, SP, v. 14, n. 1, p. 199–214, 2020. DOI: 10.20396/rap.v14i1.8657140. Disponível em: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rap/article/view/8657140. Acesso em: 7 jul. 2024.

Abstract

In the light of the latest findings, this article aimed to discuss Greek metrology, a difficult subject that has taken and takes up much of the time and effort of experts. A key question for many scholars who have tried, from the last quarter of the 19th century to the present, to unravel the design intentions that guided Greek architects in developing their complex formal architecture guided by orders. At last, this article will present a discussion on the units of measurement in ancient Greece and the problems arising from its interpretations. Metrology has become an important tool for the analysis of ancient buildings as well as for the deduction of the metric system of Greece. Other methods have allied with metrology to support the interpretation of architectural design, for example: the Greek temples. The analyzes are: geometric, proportional, modular and statistical.

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